Protection for Restricted Actions on Critical Resources

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the request for access is approved for a predetermined amount of time and the approval is revoked after an expiration of the predetermined amount of time.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the DEP includes the customer key, the availability key, and a key vault for storing the customer key and the availability key.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein destructive changes to the customer key require receiving approval from a plurality of customer accounts.

15. The as recited in claim 14, wherein the request for access is approved for a predetermined amount of time and the approval is revoked after an expiration of the predetermined amount of time.